Incandescent-lamp socket.



E.'M. KEMP. v INGANDBSOENT LAMP sooxm'.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1911.

Patnted June 20, 1911.

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' This invention resides in the peculiar construction of a lamp socket 'which'ma'y be de tachably and quickly secured to the flatiron plugfor plug of like construction, and accomplish the same result as an ordinary extension. for incandescent lamps.

With the above and other'objects in view, this invention consists the construction,

combination, and arrangement of parts, all

as hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying "draws' her i 'Figure' l is a vertical sectional view of the socket disclosing the present invention, the terminalsor Contact members being in elevation 2 is'a transverse sectional view taken on line 22 ofFigQ 1; FigsJii, i, 5

and 6 are views of details used in the con 7 struction ofthe present invention.

Throughout the followin description and onthe several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters. i i

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the sockethavingf the usual contacts 2and 3, which latter are carried by the base block or disk l by screws 5 and 5. A bolt 6 passes through the base block or disk 4 and secures to the latter a second disk Zwhich is provided with a pair of oppositely extending slots 8 In theseslots arelocated have their upper extremities defiected to lie flat on the disk 7 and are provided with openings adapted to receive the threaded terminals of the screws 5. and 5. The lower terminal of each contact member 9 is bent upon itself, as at 10, to form a resilient means adapted to retain the socket to the Hat iron ping, or plug of like construction as will be obvious.

An insulatingdisk-or member 11 is provided with apair of openings 12 spaced from eachother ata predetermined distance, saiddisk retaining the terminals 9 in spaced relation; By this construction it will be obseryed that the socket may be easily disassembled for replacing the broken or useless parts and, by having the insulating member 11, the springs? are always operative 'position since the'latter can not be distdrted.

'To retain the disk 11 to the socket and to give menace a neat appearance, the cover or casing-'12 is provided which is composed of two parts, namely, a housing 13 adapted to conform to the shape of the several parts of the socket and having the shoulder 13, and

I a. lower member 14 having th-espring arms 14' extendingiipwardly therefrom adapted to clasp over theshoulder 13 and retain'the two parts of the casingtog'ether. The lower part or terminal 14 is provided with an inwardly extending annular flange 15 which is adapted toretain the casing to the several parts of the socket and also prevent the displacement of the disk 11.

'The deflected portion-s l fiof the L-shaped contact terminals 9 arc'clamped between the base block terminals and the disk 7 and are preventedfrom displacement the screw bolts'5 and" 5 h and the insulator member 12, said disk being secured to the base block by the screw bolts 5 and 6. i i

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new is '1. An electric socket comprising a base block, lamp holding means carried thereon, a disk provided with slots therein and secured to said base block, contact members detachably carried by said base block and passing through said slots, and a spacing member secured to said disk for the purposes specified. Qthe springs or contact terminals 9wh1ch" 2'. An electric socket comprising a base block, lamp carrying means mount-ed thereon, a disk carried by said base block and provided with recesses in its peripheral edge, contact members adapted to pass through said recesses a'nd detachably carried by said base block, and an insulated spacine member carried by said disk, and means for se-l said contact members and retain them in curing said disk and spacing member to said spaced relation as herein specified and means base block, for the purposes specified. for securing said diskand insulator member 3. A socket for electrical connections comto said base block. 5 prising a base block, a disk having radially In testimony-whereof I afiix my signature 15 extendin slots therein a plurality of in presence of two witnesses. L-sha'p'ed contact'members' passing through ELDA M. KEMP. said slots and clamped between said base Witnesses: block and said disk, an insulator member E. NEITIE HARRINGTON, 10 provided with openings adapted to receive -F. A. YVILDES, Jr. 

